Studio C Stage Curtains to be reinstated! Yippee!!

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

News flash from Mike Hill ( puppetmaster29)....but felt it too important to be buried in another thread in a different section!

Studio C stages ONLY will have the curtains reinstated into the shows! YES!! According to Mike, he will start programming the curtain signals again starting with the upcoming April 07' Show.

Awesome news!! Yes, there IS hope!!


:D

[menutia]

How many Studio "C" stages have been installed in the past year, w/o curtains?

~M

[pizzacam]

Haha, too many now...now they go back on it... :rolleyes :rolleyes

[MMBBfan327]

Yes, but still this is GRAND news for all other Studio C's with curtains. I cannot wait to see the curtains once again!!! I sure do hope all MMBB stages will get their curtains returned. I REALLY do hope!!

[puppetmaster29]

How many Studio "C" stages have been installed in the past year, w/o curtains?

It's been a long while now. All of the STC these days are installed without curtains period.


now they go back on it...

Negitive Pizzacam, If a STC was installed without curtains, that is the way it will stay.



I sure do hope all MMBB stages will get their curtains returned.

ummm... All I can say is don't get your hopes up with that one.

[CEC Kid Check]

So since there are STC's w/o curtains, will Random Movements still be programmed, even with the shows with curtains?

[puppetmaster29]

So since there are STC's w/o curtains, will Random Movements still be programmed, even with the shows with curtains?

Every Studio C has the capability to turn the random movements on or off. It's not a matter of "programming" cause the file already exist.

[MMBBfan327]

So certain stages have the option of moving with or without the curtain feature? And why can't we get our hopes up about MMBB?

[CEC3066]

because many MMBB stores have actually removed the curtains completly from the stages so if they went back they'd have to buy new curtains/tracks. not worth the $$$.

[MMBBfan327]

Did they really?!?!? Oh wow...dang it I really miss our MMBB's curtains. :(

[bzier]

Nope, most stores I've seen still have their curtains and tracks, they just don't utilize them anymore.

I'm bummed that our crappy store has to be one of the newer ones with the 'drapes' instead of the actual curtains. But at least I'll have a reason to visit other stores with Studio C again!

It's too bad about the Munch Bands, but I'm guessing it's due to a few reasons. One, because the bands are being phased out; two, because 2 or 3 stages are much more to worry about than a tiny Studio C; and three, the tracks cost tons of money to be replaced when they break down. I know at our old store with our 1-stage, when our curtains broke, it cost over $2,000.00 to fix!

Same thing happened to our store's former tech at his current store in Orlando a few years back...same thing, but his only cost $300.00. That's a big difference!

[puppetmaster29]

It's too bad about the Munch Bands, but I'm guessing it's due to a few reasons. One, because the bands are being phased out; two, because 2 or 3 stages are much more to worry about than a tiny Studio C; and three, the tracks cost tons of money to be replaced when they break down.

Wow, that was a good guess bzier, you pretty much tapped it.:D

[chucki233]

Are they realy gana faze out the other charctors?

[MMBBfan327]

I don't know for sure, but I believe that it's coming soon. They already started with Pasqually. He has no merch, no posters, no nothin.' If they made Pasqually stuff, I'd buy it! And you can quote me on that. ;)

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Pffftttt....Pasqually, who needs em'!

He's a lousey drummer and a crummy comedian!

The Bands' better without em'!

:rollin

[MMBBfan327]

:lol :rollin

Yeah, but without him we wouldn't have pizza!

[chucki233]

Yeah I like passqually, his jokes aren't always funny, but Jaspers reaction to his jokes are. Like in september 06(I think) Passqually tells a joke and munch cracks up and jasper says "Chucke, I'm Scared." To me that was hillarious. The one thing I dis-like about Passqually now is his voice. The old passqually voice (like in sillicon Valley) was way better! Now it sounds high pitched and fake (I like the laugh though:D ). Ya I would buy Passqually Merch. to, but they need some more of all the charactors!

[CEC3066]

So certain stages have the option of moving with or without the curtain feature?

Why would they WANT to move? they're totally bolted to the floor:rollin

[bzier]

Well, we know right now that most stores that are getting remodeled are just getting walls knocked down, new posters and decor, a paint job, exterior remodels and new games. Most places aren't trashing their shows from what I've seen. So that shows us that the band has quite a few years left in it.

As for phasing out the other characters...they tried that, ten years ago. It didn't work. Thus showing Studio C to be a failure. I remember when I first saw the Studio C show in Brookfield in 1998. I was like, "what the heck? Where are the other characters?" I remember that the show only had Chuck talking to the bird. It was lame. Chuck needs his pals in order to have an iteresting show. Now, eventually all stores will probably go to a one bot show, but I think we'll still see the band on screen in puppet form or wakaround.

[MMBBfan327]

I remember when I first saw the Studio C show in Brookfield in 1998. I was like, "what the heck? Where are the other characters?"

That's EXACTLEY what I thought when I went to the new Brookfield store back in '98!!! Sure, Alpha is cool, but I imagined them taking the ol' 1 stage from Elmbrook and installing it in the new store. Man, that would've rocked!!!

[bzier]

(Sure, Alpha is cool, but I imagined them taking the ol' 1 stage from Elmbrook and installing it in the new store. Man, that would've rocked!!!)

That's exactly what I thought had happened at this store...then, when I walked into the showroom, I was quite saddened. But I didn't know a thing about Studio C before that, so it just didn't seem right. My brothers and I thought they just put that show in as a temporary thing until they had the Band ready to be reinstalled. Obviously that never happened. :(

[MMBBfan327]

Yeah, I REALLY miss the ol' Elmbrook store. That place was golden. I do like how the new one still has many posters from the old store.

[CEC Kid Check]

Every Studio C has the capability to turn the random movements on or off. It's not a matter of "programming" cause the file already exist.

So Mike, where do you turn on and off the RM's? DTU's or the Show Computer on the rack?
My store disabled the curtains through the Tech Term hitting "Blind" on both Curtains open and Curtains close.

I always thought you had a pre-programmed file on the dvds during the intermissions, so all you had to do is add the file on the intermissions skits, so the bot will move...

[puppetmaster29]

So Mike, where do you turn on and off the RM's?

I recommend you have your store tech or the district tech walk you through that.

Also, all of the show data comes from the computer and not the DVD's.

[CEC Kid Check]

Haha, well funny thing about that, the tech that enabled the Rm at my store recently quit and were not making any plans soon to hire a new tech since my GM thinks that I could run all tech stuff since I've been a A$$ Tech. for 3 years now...and my DT is currently in LA for the next 6 months working on a store over there....

[CEC3066]

I thought Franchises didn't have DT's RT's RM's or DM's aint thhat the equivelent of a Franchise Rep wich is what Jon Joquet is?

[ChuckEZone]

hey Jeff, I can walk you through it if you need help

(hahah random movements):lol

[CEC Kid Check]

(hahah random movements):lol
:rollin :rollin Ohh man, needed a good laugh.

Yeah thanks B, at least someone is nice enough to give me the steps... >D :rolleyes

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